Re: Rewriting computing history...

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3DFFFC10.20500@noneofyourbusiness.com>,
Exegete  <millers@noneofyourbusiness.com> wrote:
 
> Byron Q. Desnoyers Winill wrote:
>>>At the bottom of their webpages and announcements they always refer to
>>>the II.
>> 
>> 
>> Ah yes, the "Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s
>> with the Apple II."  That is rewriting history in its own right.  My
>> research suggests that a lot of people were coming up with similar ideas
>> at the time.  Apple was simply the darling of the 'revolution' because
>> they met with tremendous success.  
> 
> But that's the point. They were successful, and thus, did "ignite" the 
> personal computer revolution.
 
Nah, the company that did "ignite" the personal computer revolution
was Intel, who created the very first microprocessor, and then
several other microprocessors after that.  Without the
microprocessor, there would have been no personal computers at all....
 
> Sure, there were other machines, and other companies, but it was
> Apple's success that convinced IBM that here was a market that
> they needed to get into.
 
Both Apple's and IBM's computers were too pricey for the average
person to buy -- those who bought these machines were either
enthusiasts or businesses.  Only when the cheap clones later arrived
did the perconal comuter become cheap enough for the average person.
 
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